Fields has been charged with one count of second-degree murder, three counts of malicious wounding and once count of hit-and-run attended failure to stop with injury, according to officials at the Albermarle County Regional Jail.

The white nationalist "Unite the Right" rally brought hundreds to Charlottesville both to support and oppose the rally for the local Robert E. Lee statue. Police say at least two people were seriously injured during the rally and CNN, the Associated Press and the Washington Post reported multiple fights breaking out.

A state of emergency was declared in Virginia and the National Guard were called to help police clear the scene.